Md., others seek aid to rebuild schools

[Judi Lynn]

Thursday, August 5, 2004 · Last updated 2:15 a.m. PT

Md., others seek aid to rebuild schools

By BRETT ZONGKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

BALTIMORE -- Kojo McCallum's fourth-grade classroom has been infested by mice and the window panes have deteriorated to a cloudy, opaque tint.Outside the Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School in Baltimore, graffiti colors the walls and drug needles have popped up on the grounds.
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It would cost $3.85 billion to bring every Maryland school up to minimum health and safety standards, according to a February report from a task force led by State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp.

Faced with a problem that could break the budget, Maryland is joining a growing number of states by looking for private partners to help improve school facilities. A law that took effect July 1 allows Maryland's school systems to fund school construction and renovation projects using alternatives to traditional financing, which usually comes from the sale of bonds by public agencies to banks and investors.
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A model public-private partnership school opened in 2001 in Washington, D.C., when a national real estate firm designed and rebuilt a school in exchange for half the land to build an apartment complex.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=School%20Construction

[Nambe]

1. And hence the sticker of the day:

[lottie244]

2. We don't give a damn about public shcools in US. Most are minorities

who attend. We would much rather spend billions on building and renovating shcools in Iraq and with "faith-based" private schools. Nothing like keeping the masses ignorant because given half a chance they would excel and scare the shit out of us.

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

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